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What GPU is best to go with a Phenom II x6 1045T

steviet32

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Hi all,
Games such as Fallout 4 are starting to outclass my graphics card. My cpu is an AMD Phenom II x6 1045T. If I was to buy a new graphics card what would be the highest I could go before the cpu bottlenecked it? My current graphics card is an MSI twin frozr HD7850 @ 900MHz.
 
This will often depend on the games you play as some are more cpu hungry than others, what are you playing and have you done a test to see how your cpu and gpu perform ??

Are you using MSI Afterburner ?? if not down load it and do a bottleneck test now before you upgrade...

this is a good online video to follow if this is new to you.

https://youtu.be/DAgpvWc4VBM

Also depending on your PSU I would say you would be good with an R9 280X
 
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Depends if the hex core CPU is tweaked or not, I ran mine at 4ghz with a tuned north bridge speed and it would be fine up to the 980Ti really.
 
My ancient 1090T was overclocked at 4.2Ghz however only games that can use all the cores worth to play. Any single core CPU games, and even a SLI 980Ti will tank.

@steviet32 try to find a good 290X non reference cooler model.
They go cheaply and they are superb to pair with your CPU. Ofc course, start gathering some funds to upgrade to at least an overclocked i3 (OCUK sells them for around £250 complete with motherboard and heavily overclocked)
 
Meaker said:
Depends if the hex core CPU is tweaked or not, I ran mine at 4ghz with a tuned north bridge speed and it would be fine up to the 980Ti really.
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no it wouldn't . :p

i had phenom at 4ghz even with 7950 ocd to 7970 it was bottle necked.

swapped that to a i5 and difference was night and day.

a 980 ti will be twice as quick as that = huge bottlenecks.

get a card from same era or upgrade mobo and cpu
 
steviet32 said:
Hi all,
Games such as Fallout 4 are starting to outclass my graphics card. My cpu is an AMD Phenom II x6 1045T. If I was to buy a new graphics card what would be the highest I could go before the cpu bottlenecked it? My current graphics card is an MSI twin frozr HD7850 @ 900MHz.
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best GPU is the best one your budget gets you, dont bother with CPU bottleneck, you would still have the best perf you CPU allow you to have
 
Thanks for reply guys. If I was to build a new machine with a budget of £900 +/- £100. What would you buy.
I require the following parts:
CPU
RAM
Motherboard
GPU
Case no PSU.

I already have a bluray drive and a corsair 750W PSU 80+ bronze, and SSD and 2TB harddrive.
 
I'm using a 960T @ 4.35 and 2500 NB with cf 390x at 4k.

It's standing in while my RIVBE is being RMA'd

It's been fine with games I've tested like SoM TR and Thief(Mantle). And by fine I mean 60fps locked on a 60hz screen.

If the CVFZ allowed unlocking of cores like I hoped it would, it'd be a lot better using all 6 cores.
 
steviet32 said:
Thanks for reply guys. If I was to build a new machine with a budget of £900 +/- £100. What would you buy.
I require the following parts:
CPU
RAM
Motherboard
GPU
Case no PSU.

I already have a bluray drive and a corsair 750W PSU 80+ bronze, and SSD and 2TB harddrive.
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if you like small form factor case and mobo, performance wise the Nano puts you between 980 and 980Ti, it's about 20% faster than 390/970.
this case supports ATX PSU, but you need to check if it fits.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £935.01
(includes shipping: £11.10)
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steviet32 said:
Thanks for reply guys. If I was to build a new machine with a budget of £900 +/- £100. What would you buy.
I require the following parts:
CPU
RAM
Motherboard
GPU
Case no PSU.

I already have a bluray drive and a corsair 750W PSU 80+ bronze, and SSD and 2TB harddrive.
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Just be aware that AMD can't run all the graphical effects in FO4 (like Flex gun debris) but the 390 is a great card.
 
Spec above from Gregster looks good, though id drop the 6700k for a 6600k. The latter would be plenty for a system predominantly used for gaming with a single gpu.
 
setter said:
Spec above from Gregster looks good, though id drop the 6700k for a 6600k. The latter would be plenty for a system predominantly used for gaming with a single gpu.
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Yer, I was looking more to DX12 and a little more future proofing really or would have put the 6600K.
 
Yep, I'm hoping that DX12 does make use of more cores and, we see games making better use of ht on i7's.
 
Gregster said:
Just be aware that AMD can't run all the graphical effects in FO4 (like Flex gun debris) but the 390 is a great card.
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More like stuck on effects that do not belong in game, they could easily run on AMD as well, so the developer could have created them, but they opted not to. Because those effects are rare, look ridiculous and unrealistic. Nvidia created them and stuck it on the ready game. The effects that make brainwashed Nvidia fans feel "special".

What kind of person would think that those effect are a benefit?

Imagine a singer releasing an album then Nvidia paying them to add sounds of a cat meowing during the song. But you can only hear it when listening on Nvidia players? The song is ruined though.
 
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More like stuck on effects that do not belong in game, they could easily run on AMD as well, so the developer could have created them, but they opted not to. Because those effects are rare, look ridiculous and unrealistic. Nvidia created them and stuck it on the ready game. The effects that make brainwashed Nvidia fans feel "special".

What kind of person would think that those effect are a benefit?

Imagine a singer releasing an album then Nvidia paying them to add sounds of a cat meowing during the song. But you can only hear it when listening on Nvidia players? The song is ruined though.
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I think they look pretty cool and they benefit by enhancing the game.

 
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I think they look pretty cool and they benefit by enhancing the game.
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And let's stop calling them effects, cause they aren't. They are mods. No they do not improve or enhance the game. That's what I think.

They change it in the way original developer didn't want to happen, or they would have stuck it on for all cards, not just Nvidia, as Nvidia doesn't have any advantage over AMD computation wise.

These effects look ludicrous, unrealistic.

Also tell me what percentage of time average player walks with that size of chaingun shooting at bare concrete walls in FO4?
 
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